Tianguan
- HIP
- 26451
- Designation
- 123 Zet Tau
- Bayer designation
- ζ Tau
- Visual magnitude
- 2.97
- Constellation
- Bull
- Name approved by the IAU
- 2017-06-30
The IAU catalogue's account
Chinese single star asterism, a celestial pass along the ecliptic which opens and closes
- Source language
- Chinese
- Reference
- Rufus+Tien (1945) on the Suzhou Map, Sun and Kistemaker (1997) evaluating Han sources, Sun Shuwei (2022) on the Su Song Map
Source: IAU Catalog of Star Names (IAU-CSN), Working Group on Star Names. The account is the IAU's own text and is quoted in full: it is published under CC BY.
This star is not part of any chain in the strict sub-corpus.
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Other named stars of this constellation: